Natural History
The Natural History department conducts three auctions per year, firmly establishing Bonhams as the forerunner in the field internationally. An extraordinarily wide range of categories are offered, including: mineral specimens; fossils, including dinosauria, petrified wood, amber and ammolite; unmounted faceted gemstones, including rare phenomenal gemstones; gold; meteorites; lapidary, archaeological stone artefacts; mounts and animal, plant, insect and shell specimens, pearls and coral, and natural history-related decor and curiosities.
With consignments culled from private collections, palaeontologists, fossil preparators, quarry and mine owners, the auctions are successful in providing specimens that are fresh to the market.
![13-inch table globe [Albany, NY], 1817 19 in (48 cm.) overall height](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-05/16/8565774-1-1.jpg.tif&tmp=web075&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000)
